Clearance of goods is among the things that are very important in the field of export and import. If you move a product across international borders, this product will go to the customs office and you must take the necessary steps to clear it.
The requirement for customs clearance is to go through a hierarchy that requires knowing the rules. Note that there is a possibility that due to carelessness and wrong steps, according to the law, your goods will be considered as contraband and will result in financial losses and loss of your credit.
Therefore, it is essential to know the clearance procedures to avoid possible problems. It is natural that a businessman is very busy in the field of export and import of goods and probably does not have the time to know the rules of clearance. This is where a professional clearance specialist comes in. Meran Group gives you the opportunity to get professional advice to get your goods clearance license from any country.
What is clearance?
In general and in simple language, all the steps and processes that are carried out in order to release goods from customs are called goods clearance.
Clearance of goods is the administrative and financial processes that must be completed in order for the goods imported into the country to be released from customs. The story is that when the goods are imported into the country, they enter the customs so that some costs such as taxes, commercial interest, customs duties and the cost of facilities used in the export and import of goods are applied to the goods.
Meran Group, as a customs legal agent, an international export and import company, is one of the most reliable and specialized legal agents with a brilliant resume in the fields of export and import services. With the support of its experienced and specialized experts and managers, this company is able to perform customs and clearance services, export and import procedures for you traders from the international customs, especially the border of the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia, in the shortest possible time.
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The place of clearance depends on the type of your imported goods. Also, at the request of the cargo owner, it is possible that your cargo will be sent to another customs office for clearance.
Customs clearance procedures:
The customs clearance process is carried out in several stages, which include:
- Arriving the goods at the customs office and receiving the customs warehouse bill
- Preparation of documents
- Statement through the EPL system
- Receiving the declaration cottage and determining the declaration route (printing the declaration)
- Control and evaluation of goods
- Obtaining required permits such as standard, laboratory, etc.
- Bachelor’s degree (examination of tariff and declaration value)
- Fund stage and payment of duties and customs duties
- The stage of loading and delivering goods from the customs warehouse
- Goods exit stage
In the following, we will explain some of these steps to you.
1. Registration of declaration
In the first step, after the goods enter the customs, it is necessary to complete the export or import declaration and register the necessary information. This will be possible by equipping the customs system with the EPL system, online. For this, documents are required, which we discuss in the section of documents required for goods clearance.
2. Receive cottage (authentication)
At this stage, after checking the documents, it is time for authentication. After confirming the identity of the owner of the cargo, the technical authentication department records the registration number, or the cottage. After registering the cottage, your declaration will be stamped.
3. Control and evaluation of goods
At this stage of goods clearance, based on the type of your cargo, three routes may be placed in front of you, and in each of these routes, it is necessary for the goods to be controlled by one or more customs appraisers. At this stage, the cargo amount, its compliance with the documents and other matters are checked, and if there is no problem in this part, its value is determined in the value circle part, with complete checks.
4. obtaining a license
The permits that are required for the export of the goods must be obtained at this stage. For example, items such as medical and health equipment, telecommunication and radio equipment, atomic energy, etc. need to obtain a license.
5. Check rates
In the next stage of goods clearance, which takes place in a virtual form, the goods are matched with their related documents by an expert and the necessary checks are made for the existence of necessary documents and signatures, and then the goods are finally approved.
6. Payment and receipt of goods
So far, if all the steps have been completed successfully, it will be time to pay the cost of releasing the goods.
7. Issuance of clearance document
At this stage, the cargo owner must pay the cost estimated by the experts of the customs department and receive the green permit issued by the customs. Issuance of a green permit means permission to leave the goods from the warehouse.
8. Download permission
After the necessary settlements and the issuance of the clearance document, you must apply for a warehouse receipt. It is with this bill that the customs issues the loading permit. In addition, the cost of storage must be paid to the person in charge of keeping the goods.
9. goods departure
The last stage of goods clearance is the exit of goods from customs. For this, you must first receive the warehouse receipt from the storekeeper. This document shows that the warehouseman has delivered the goods to you. After receiving this document, you can enter the vehicle you intend to load the goods into the customs and take out your load.
Documents required for goods clearance:
The documents that are required at different stages of goods clearance will be as follows:
- Drafting and registration in the customs EPL system
- Business card image
- Warehouse receipt, which is issued after the cargo is delivered to the customs
- bill of lading
- Certificate of Origin
- Performa or pre-invoice
- Factor
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- Declaration of currency supply
- Authorization to place an order
- Customs insurance policy
- Exploitation license for manufacturing companies that intend to export.
- Legal authorizations if required
- Official power of attorney (if you have entrusted the work to a licensed worker.)
Conclusion:
Clearance is related to the time when the cargo enters the customs and must go through a hierarchy to release it. Before being exported and after entering a country, the goods enter the customs and it is time to clear them. After discharge, the next step can be done. But clearance of goods requires a series of documents and going through certain steps, which were reviewed in this article in the form of general information to inform you, dear audience.
The next important point is that clearance of goods is usually not done by the cargo owner himself. Rather, it is suggested to leave this work to a company like Maran Group, which has a lot of experience in this field, and will take over 0 to 100 stages of your export and import.
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